VA tattoo exam Questions with Correct Answers

VA tattoo exam Questions with Correct
Answers
"the making of needles" Materials

- Flat Needle Bar

-round needle bar

- eye loop

-drill gauge: tightens needle

- souder

Making of needles process

-clean and sterilize after making needles

-Tin the soldering iron

-drop the needle into Jig, lightly tap to ensure all needles are even ( pointed side should be

down )

-drop a small amount of flux at the end of the needle groupings, tap with soldering iron.

Diameter of a needle

Affects ink flow and puncture of the skin



Tapers

- Long Taper : Good for Lining

- Short Taper : Good for color

Coil Machine how does it work

Uses magnets to power machine which moves the armature bar and needles towards the coil.

, This pulls the needle into the skin, breaking the circuit, causing the needle to go back into the

machine

Coil Machine : Electromagnet ON - coils are not charged, the armature bar is up,

pulling the needle up

Coil Machine : Electromagnet OFF- coils are charged, pulling the armature bar down, pulling

the needle down

Tuning - voltage

-4 volts for shading

-5.5 volts for lining



Rotary



7-8 for either beginner lining or shading, 9-10 for lining

Tuning- CPs/Hertz

- Cycle per second

- 130 for lining

-120 for shading

How to adjust CPs/Hertz

- Adjust by moving contact screw

- Increase : moving closer to the front spring, this also shortens the stroke.

- Decrease: moving further from the front spring, this lengthens the stroke

Tuning: Stroke